There was also his favorite meal of canned Vienna sausages and pork and beans, also out of the can. Franklin Graham told WNCN in 2016 his father ate both "cold out of the can," a legacy of his time as a farm boy, when he ate the canned delights for lunch.

The elder Graham had told a crowd in 2013 he might live to 100. His family reported 'stable' health in November around his 99th birthday.

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"As a family, we are just so very grateful that he is still with us," Franklin Graham said in November. "His mind is good but he’s quieter these days. He can’t see or hear well, but his health is stable."